Make tracks to the Moose

Action at the Moose (203 West Main) in the coming days.

• The Community Market starts Saturday, Nov. 3, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will run through Dec. 22. Shop at the Moose Exchange for high-quality local foods and local art and crafts, grown and made locally.
• "Greased" ... a '50s themed murder-mystery-dessert event ... is Saturday, Nov. 3. The audience-participation fundraising event includes delicious pastries and other goodies included with the $25 ticket price; cash bar. Call 570-317-2596 to reserve your seat now.
• Redesigned Album Covers from the the Cover of a Cover exhibit are on display in the Stairwell Gallery until November 11. 
• Figure drawing sessions for artists aged 18 and older, 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays, usually in the Ballroom. Contact Will Whitmoyer, 570-394-3656, for information.

Sunday with Satie

Bloomsburg University’s Chamber Orchestra will perform Erik Satie's Gymnopedies Sunday, Oxt. 28, at 2:30 p.m. in St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 123 N. Market St., Bloomsburg.

Well, they'll also perform Bach/Cailliet's Fugues in G Minor "Little Lamb," Telemann's Don Quixote Suite, Jacob's Concerto for Horn and Bach/Stokowski's Ein' Fest Burg. But the Gymnopedies are a favorite of mine ... so very simple and elegant.  — EGF.

The featured soloist will be Christiana Smith on horn. Admission, naturally, is free.

The Gymnopedies were written in the late 19th century, but for all their simplicity, they (and Satie in general) have cast a long shadow. Wikipedia's entry on Satie helpfully points out some of the very unexpected places where his works have turned up, including this track by Lana Del Rey ... at the very end.

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The Italian film, Bread and Tulips, will be shown Thursday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. in Bloomsburg University’s McCormick Center, room 2303, as part of the Gender Studies Minor Foreign Film Series. The film tells the story of a middle-aged mother who hitchhikes to Venice where she falls in love with a lonely Icelandic poet and rediscovers joy for life. Admission is free.

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BU’s Haunted Husky Hollow will be open from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Oct. 25 and 26, at the Quest woods. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted for Trick or Treat for UNICEF. Contact George Kinzel in Residence Life, gkinzel@bloomu.edu, for information.

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 An exhibit of drawings, paintings and installations by artist Sky Kim will open Tuesday, Oct. 30, with a reception from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and gallery talks at 11:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. in Bloomsburg University’s Haas Gallery of Art. The exhibit will remain on display and open to the public free of charge through Nov. 27. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 2 p.m. Saturday. 

In which River Poets become Dead Poets for a night

The River Poets will hold Dead Poets Night on Thursday, Oct. 25, at 7:30 p.m. at the Bloomsburg Public Library, Market St. River poet veterans Susan Brook and Janet Locke invite you to bring you things witchy, new and spooky, as well as readings from some of their favorite Dead Poets. MC is Katelyn Faye Winters.

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Fracking and Democracy: BU philosophy professor will talk on "The Crisis of American Democracy and Why Hydraulic Fracturing Epitomizes It: Profiteering and the Good American" Tuesday, Oct. 23, at 5 pm in Andruss Library, Schweiker Room. The talk is part of BU's College of Liberal Arts  Institute for Culture and Society Lecture Series. The event is open to the public and free of charge.

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Poetry on TV: A recent poetry reading at the Harrisburg State Capitol will be broadcast on PCN TV on Saturday, Oct. 27, beginning at 3:45 pm and running until 5:15 pm. Featured poets are: Jerry Wemple, Creative Writing Director of Bloomsburg University; Marjorie Maddox, Creative Writing Director of Lock Haven University; Melanie Simms, former Perry County Poet Laureate; Nate Gadsden, former Harrisburg Poet Laureate; and upcoming Commonwealth poet, David Bauman. Closed captioning will be available.

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How high will the water go?  BU math professor Reza Noubary, a statistics expert whose been sought out by the global media will discuss “Hazard Assessment of Bloomsburg Floods” on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 3:30 p.m. in Hartline G40. Noubary will present a statistical analysis of Bloomsburg floods with a view towards their use in hazard assessment. His analysis includes estimation of the largest possible future flood in Bloomsburg.

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Green Fire: On Tuesday, October 23rd, BU’s Green Campus Initiative is sponsoring a screening of “Green Fire” on Tuesday, Oct. 23, at 7 pm at the Moose Exchange, 203 W. Main St. The film profiles the legendary conservationist, Aldo Leopold, who influenced the modern environmental movement. His life and his philosophy continue to inspire new initiatives and the concept of Land Ethic has become the guide for a responsible interaction between people and the land, as well as its plants and animals.

Picture this: A Halloween treat for the library

Have your photo taken and help the Bloomsburg Library. On Friday, Oct. 26, from 5 to 7 pm Wow Factory Photography and Towne Camera will offer photos of those in costume or not. Pay $5 for a 5 by 7 and the proceeds go to the library.

Koresh Dance Company coming to BU Saturday

The Koresh Dance Company will perform at Bloomsburg University on Saturday, Oct. 20, at 8 p.m. in the Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall.

This production is part of the 27th season of BU’s Celebrity Artist Series. Tickets cost $34.50 for adults, $19.50 for children and $17 for BU students.

Brothers Alon and Ronen Koresh founded the Philadelphia-based company in 1991. Both are still involved in the troupe, with Ronen serving as artistic director and choreographer and Alon acting as executive director. Ronen has been dancing since childhood, when he began training with his mother, a folk dancer. He continued to study dance and work with artists both in Israel and the United States, eventually winning a People’s Choice Award in 1987 for Philadelphia’s Most Outstanding Jazz Dancer. His eclectic background has allowed him to blend several dance styles such as ballet, modern and jazz that the Philadelphia Inquirer described as “liquidly sensual.”

Koresh Dance Company has a repertoire of more than 60 works and has been featured in numerous publications. Ronen has received multi-year choreography fellowships from organizations such as the Pew Charitable Trusts, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and Philadelphia College of Performing Arts. In addition to teaching dance classes, the company holds outreach programs for underserved children and public schools in the Philadelphia area. 

Future shows in Celebrity Artist Series’ 2012-13 season include:

• Cirque Chinois – Friday, Nov. 16, at 8 p.m. in the Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Tickets: $34.50 
• The Midtown Men – Sunday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Tickets: $34.50 M
• Monty Python’s “Spamalot” – Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, at 8 p.m. in the Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Tickets: $34.50 
• Luciana Souza – Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. in Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. Tickets: $29.50 
• DALA – Friday, April 5, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. in Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. Tickets: $29.50 Kathy Mattea – Friday, April 26, 2013, at 8 p.m. in the Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Tickets: $34.50 
• Nai-Ni Chen with the Ahn Trio – Saturday, May 11, 2013, at 8 p.m. in the Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Tickets: $34.50 

For tickets or more information, visit www.bloomu.edu/cas or call the box office at (570) 389-4409.

The Warren Asian Art Collection

Something interesting for Bloomsburg alums coming back to campus this weekend to check out.

Robert 'Doc' Warren, a beloved BU professor emeritus who passed away in July 2010, gave the university a wonderful collection of more than 600 items of Asian art.

A selection of more than five dozen works from the collection is on on display in the Warren Student Services Center central atrium. The exhibit includes sculptures of chinese guardian lions or ShiShi (above), the goddess Guanyin (also called Kannon), dragon sculptures, and ceramics.

Warren maintained a close relationship with the university even after retirement as he continued to advise Sigma Iota Omega, the social fraternity he founded. His gift of $1 million to the BU Foundation was one of the largest. He also endowed numerous scholarships at the university. He taught at BU from 1964 to 1983, was made an honorary BU alumnus in 1995, and the Warren Student Services Center was named in his honor in 2005.

Miscellanea: Concerts, talks, and a parade

Saxophonist Joseph Murphy and guitarist Matthew Slotkin will give a concert Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in Bloomsburg University’s Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. Admission is free.

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Bloomsburg University’s Women’s Choral Ensemble, Husky Singers and Concert Choir will present a concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, in Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. Admission is free.

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Jerry Wemple and other Pennsylvania poets will give readings in the Pennsylvania Capitol Building (East Wing Rotunda) on Thursday, Oct. 11, at noon. Wemple, is a BU professor of English, while Melanie Simms and David Bauman are BU students. First Lady Susan Corbett is scheduled to introduce the readers. Other poets reading will include Marjorie Maddox, director of the Creative Writing program at Lock Haven University, and Nathaniel Gadsden, the former poet laureate of Harrisburg. Wemple and Maddox co-edited a poetry anthology entitled “Common Wealth: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania.” Wemple and Maddox will also read at 7 p.m. that evening at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg. The reading will be recorded for podcast by WITF-FM, the local PBS affiliate.

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The French film Entre Nous will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, in Bloomsburg University’s McCormick Hall, room 2303, as part of the Gender Studies Minor Foreign Film Series. The film, open to the public free of charge, tells the story of two women in unsatisfactory marriages who struggle for identity in post-World War II France. The series is sponsored by the Gender Studies Minor, Department of English and College of Liberal Arts.

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Have a favorite record? Wish it had a cooler cover? Now's your chance, but not for long. The deadline to submit works for the The Cover of a Cover show (at the Moose Exchange and sponsored by Endless Records) is Thursday, Oct. 12. For more information contact Nick or Emily at Endless Records in the Moose Exchange, 570-951-1821.

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The Center for Visual and Performing Arts fundraising dinner on October 21, has had the ticket deadline extended to Oct. 12. The event will feature a delectable menu as well as an art exhibit, plus literary, musical, theatrical and dance performances featuring some of BU's most talented students. Proceeds will go to the CVPA to continue and expand our University/town events as well as provide community performance venues. For tickets, call 389-4410

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Saturday, Oct. 13, is homcoming for Bloomsburg, the high school and the university, will celebrate Homecoming with a parade on Saturday. The parade begins at 11 am at the Geisinger Bloomsburg parking lot on Lightstreet Road and continues to College Hill, Main and Market streets, ending in Town Park. Chang Shub Roh, BU sociology professor emeritus, as grand marshal of the homecoming parade.

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On a more serious note:

• Liz Seccuro, victim’s rights activist and author, will present My Story: The Journey from Sexual Assault Victim to Survivor to Activist, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, in the Bloomsburg University’s Kehr Union, Ballroom. Seccuro founded STARS (Sisters Together Assisting Rape Survivors) to fund programs to help rape victims and their families. Her visit, presented in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, is sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center and open to the public free of charge.
• Steve Berg, vice president for programs and policy, National Alliance to End Homelessness, will speak on National Best Practices for Building a Homeless System from the Ground Up, at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, in Bloomsburg University’s Kehr Union. His talk will be followed by a panel discussion. The program is open to anyone interested in issues associated with homelessness.

Poetry: Wemple featured reader Thursday

BU English professor Jerry Wemple will be the featured reader for the River Poets Thursday, Oct. 4, at 7:30 pm at Bloomsburg Public Library, Market St.

 Wemple is the author of two poetry collections: You Can See It from Here, and The Civil War in Baltimore. He is co-editor of the anthology Common Wealth: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania, and editor of Watershed: The Journal of the Susquehanna. MC for the night is Richard Brook. 

BTE staging 'Moon Over Buffalo'

The Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble brings The Moon over Buffalo to the stage Oct 4 through 21. If you come opening night Thursday, Oct. 4, you can pay what you want.

BTE member Andrew Hubatsek directs the comic farce by Ken Ludwig. It's 1953 and George and Charlotte Hay, one-time Hollywood hopefuls, have been touring for over 20 years and not getting anywhere but tired. Doors slam, identities are mistaken and lovers ... go to the show and find out?

Details here.